Mountainside cabin once owned by Burt Reynolds sells for a staggering $3 MILLION - and it is just a stone's throw away from iconic Deliverance set

A mountainside location erstwhile owned by nan precocious Burt Reynolds has sold for a whopping $2.9 cardinal - pinch nan stunning abode situated adjacent nan filming location of an iconic segment successful 1972 backwoods thriller Deliverance.

Located successful Highlands, North Carolina, nan four-bedroom, six-bathroom spot is astir an hour's thrust distant from nan municipality of Sylva.

It was Sylva that served arsenic nan backdrop of nan pivotal opening series successful Deliverance, successful which nan 4 main characters, each businessmen from Atlanta, brushwood a rundown municipality while en way to footwear disconnected a canoe travel connected a adjacent river. 

It's besides wherever nan cinematically lauded 'dueling banjos' conception took place, successful which businessman Drew (Robby Cox) and a section inbred boy (Billy Redden) prosecute successful an impromptu banjo jam session. 

As for Burt, his profession had been connected nan emergence since his breakout domiciled successful 1962 Western TV bid Gunsmoke. 

But his capacity arsenic macho businessman Lewis Medlock successful Deliverance yet made him a family name.

Other notable appearances later connected included The Longest Yard, Boogie Nights and The Smokey and nan Bandit trilogy.

Tragically, successful 2018, Burt - who built up a portfolio of 14 properties - died of a bosom onslaught astatine nan property of 82.

It's reported that Burt, on pinch ex-wife Loni Anderson, primitively bought nan spot while shooting Deliverance successful North Carolina, having fallen successful emotion pinch nan area.

The location was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright protégé Jim Fox and completed nan aforesaid twelvemonth that Deliverance premiered. 

Inside, each room is dressed up successful a emblematic log compartment style, pinch woody ceilings and walls encompassing each nook and cranny.

Even nan furniture frames were carved retired of character trunks. 

A sunken surviving room, believed to person erstwhile hosted stars specified arsenic Sally Field and James Garner, is flanked by a regal chromatic fireplace. 

In nan open-plan room and eating room, bizarrely shaped walls - accompanied by artwork and rustic chandeliers - make nan location a masterpiece successful its ain right.

There's besides a games room pinch a billiards array and different surviving room nook.

The maestro bath gives measurement to sweeping views of nan environs and different offers a earthy chromatic shower.  

The picturesque position complete nan Blue Ridge Mountains and trees tin beryllium admired from astir immoderate constituent astir nan home.

Its façade reflects a modernist power connected nan architecture, a moderating opposition pinch nan accepted compartment aesthetic.

A wrap-around structure besides holds a abstracted al fresco seating, an outdoor eating area arsenic good arsenic a tranquil waterfall moving into a mini pond. 

Because nan hone is nestled successful heavy successful nan agrarian surroundings, privateness is ever ensured.

The erstwhile owners, who moved successful sometime aft Burt sold it, lived location for 23 years and spent their clip enhancing nan home, including adding an in-ground heated plunge pool, serving barroom and vino cellar.

Located successful nan Nantahala National Forest, nan mini municipality of Highlands has only 1,000 residents.

With Nashville, Charleston and Charlotte each only a short thrust away, there's an endless magnitude of activities waiting.

Steve Martin, Stephen King and Nicole Kidman are besides said to person homes nearby.

The listing was sold by Jody Lovell astatine Sotheby's International Realty successful precocious July, aft a little clip connected nan market.